Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-02-04
SAN FRANCISCO AND VICINITY.

Eleven cases OF diphtheria were reported
at the Health Office yesterday.
The people of Piedmont have forwarded
petition to Washington for branch Post
Office.
The Free Library Trustees, of Oakland
have purchased new books to the value of
81, 353 81.
There is good deal of diphtheria in
Oakland at the present time, but the dis
ease is said to be not of malignant type.
John B. Leon has been appointed to the
Ogden and San Francisco Railroad Post
Office, in the place of R. c. Potts, removed.
A petition is being circulated asking the
Oakland City Council to submit the high
license" question to the vote of the people
at the next municipal election.
The charcoal dealers in this city express
a belief that a combination has been
formed TO secure monopoly of the char
coal produce and advance prices.
The Director of the Lick Observatory is
notified by telegraph that the southern
comet may be visible at sunset this week
at the south point of the horizon.
Collector Hager has appointed Edward
B. Sweeney day Inspector in the customs
service, at salary of So per day. Mr..
Sweeney is a son of Special Inspector Nc
Sweeney.
President Holden will sever his connec-
ton with the State University about July
1st to assume full charge of the Lick OBJ
seryatory and to devote his undivided at
tention thereto.
The transcript on appeal has been filed
in the Supreme Court by the plaintiff in
the case of Ellen NJ. Cotton ct al VS.. Le-
81 81 h. Sc,
contained in eighteen bound volumes.
John O'Neil, a boy of II years, was ar
rested Wednesday afternoon by officer w.
Shear for placing large piece of clay on
the track of the Ninth-street branch of the
Sutter-street cable road. He was booked
for the Industrial School.
Police Judge Hornblower has held Juan
Aguirre to answer to a charge of
perjury, bail being fixed at 81 600. Fran
cesca Perrucini, on whose complaint Juan
was arrested, says he married her daughter
and swore that she was IS years old, when
she was only 10.
mass meeting of citizens will be held
at Oakland Thursday evening, the 10th
instant, for the purpose OF discussing the
best method of developing the material in
terests of Alameda county. J. West Mar
tin and John P. Irish have been invited to
address the meeting.
William Murphy, aged about Is years,
entered the room of William ]. Knapp.
ledger at 719 Folsom street, at o'clock
Wednesday morning. Knapp was awak-
ened by the noise and saw the boy rifing
the pockets of his clothing. After lively
chase Murphy was captured and arrested
on charge of burglary.
The funeral of Bella Wellman took place
yesterday afternoon from his late residence
| at Fruit Vale. and was largely attended.
| The remains were inferred at Mountain
View Cemetery. The pail bearers were NJ
p Jones. w. L. Merry, A. b. Elfeldt, A. A.
Smith, ]. B. Stetson, G. H. Sanderson, III.
| Wetherbee and w. A. Bray.
| The case of the United States vs. Henning
Thode and Conrad Weber is ON trial in the
| United States District Court. The plant is
that the defendants, who are brewers had
been in the habit of using obsolete stamps
on kegs and barrels filled with beer, in
stead of purchasing fresh stamps, and are
| therefore guilty of defrauding the revenue.
| There was meeting of about fifty So
| cialists in San Francisco on Wednesday
evening. One of the speakers called upon
his brethren 10 unite and overthrow the
Government and repeat the French COM
mune. Thomas Haggerty denounced Gen.
eral Master Workman Powderly, of the
Knights of Labor, as a traitor to the cause
of labor. He announced that $1,000 had
| been raised in this city for the defense of
| their Chicago brethren, and that 600
more was needed.